Lineart. Pen tool or brush?

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Subject: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:00 pm

Hey there guys.

Ive recently switched from using the pen tool to do my lineart to using the brush by hand, and I must say im loving it. It gives a much more natural feel to my artwork. But there are some things That bother me about it, and im not sure if its the lack of practise or the method itself.

So tell me, do you prefer the pentool? Or digital inking? Or neither???

Tell me ><

Posts : 26 Join date : 2010-09-28

Digital inking is so much more worthwhile because it's way easier to fix mistakes. ;n; Plus you are 100% free to experient without fear of ruining the piece itself (hooray, undo button! Also, ink is expensive. |D

This all depend on if by "pentool" you mean a real-life pen/ink tool. DD: I'm not sure o3o <33

Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:23 am

Well I was talking digitally, like using the photoshop paint brush. But I agree with what your saying... It is more natural.

Posts : 16 Join date : 2010-09-26 Age : 31

Winterheart wrote:: Hey there guys.

Ive recently switched from using the pen tool to do my lineart to using the brush by hand, and I must say im loving it. It gives a much more natural feel to my artwork. But there are some things That bother me about it, and im not sure if its the lack of practise or the method itself.

So tell me, do you prefer the pentool? Or digital inking? Or neither???

Tell me ><

Brush tool all the way!! X3 mainly because I can't use the pen tool to save my life ;A; Even though I'm having to at college because we are learning illustrator.... and I don't get it at all ._. the stuff that people can do with it is amazing though! D:

but yeah... for me... I use brush tool ^^ .... ALSO BECAUSE YOU CAN ADD TEXTURES TO THE LINEART AS WELL AS THE FILL!! alien

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Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:51 am

Tayami wrote:

Winterheart wrote:: Hey there guys.

Ive recently switched from using the pen tool to do my lineart to using the brush by hand, and I must say im loving it. It gives a much more natural feel to my artwork. But there are some things That bother me about it, and im not sure if its the lack of practise or the method itself.

So tell me, do you prefer the pentool? Or digital inking? Or neither???

Tell me ><

Brush tool all the way!! X3 mainly because I can't use the pen tool to save my life ;A; Even though I'm having to at college because we are learning illustrator.... and I don't get it at all ._. the stuff that people can do with it is amazing though! D:

but yeah... for me... I use brush tool ^^ .... ALSO BECAUSE YOU CAN ADD TEXTURES TO THE LINEART AS WELL AS THE FILL!! alien

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I learnt Illustrator in my first year of college. What course are you doing Tayami? Im doing Btec Graphic Design.

Posts : 16 Join date : 2010-09-26 Age : 31

Oh cool
I'm in my second year of I-media Smile

so like... animation (2D and 3D), film, page layout, web design, sound nd stuff like that X3
Is graphic design good?
I'm looking to do it at uni next year... but I'm really not sure :/

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Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:00 am

Yeah your doing the sister course of me basically. Im not sure about doing it in uni either, to be honest. Its boring. I knew this stuff years ago.

Posts : 16 Join date : 2010-09-26 Age : 31

Ah okay....
I'm mostly interesting in animation anyway... I'm really not sure though Sad

Are you going uni next year then?

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Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:10 am

Yeah I have no choice, im supposed to be applying soon too and i have no idea what I want to do...

Ill probably find something to do with animation.

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I'm in exactly the same situation XD XD got to apply by christmas and whatnot right? ><
I haven't even got a solid portfolio put together yet :s AHHHHhhh haha

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Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:19 am

Wow, we have a lot in common... I feel bad for you ><

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you feel bad because we have a lot in common or because of the portfolio issue? XP

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Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:27 am

Both! xD

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LOL! Well I enjoy that kinda thing.... so i don't see the problem X3 I'd so laugh if we ended up at the same uni or something XD that would be so scary ><

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Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:54 am

Scary, but awesome xd Im based in the UK anyway haha. ( Guessing you are USA )

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Nope... UK XD XD

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Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:03 am

Cool O_O Where abouts?

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Winterheart wrote:: Hey there guys.

Ive recently switched from using the pen tool to do my lineart to using the brush by hand, and I must say im loving it. It gives a much more natural feel to my artwork. But there are some things That bother me about it, and im not sure if its the lack of practise or the method itself.

So tell me, do you prefer the pentool? Or digital inking? Or neither???

Tell me ><

I did used to use the pen tool for all my art it is some what simple. But if you do not know how to do all the little tricks to make it looks more like it is hand drawn then it is hard. I learned a lot of trick for making mine look more like it is hand drawn.

I still love the pen tool for some thing but now I use do all mine by hand. I can only do it by hand on a tablet pc not with a tablet. I have a hard time drawing if I'm not looking at my hand. With the tablet pc I have it is just like drawing on paper ^^

So really both for me just not the pen tool as much.

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haha Northampton

yoo?

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Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:06 am

CallingDarkness wrote:: I did used to use the pen tool for all my art it is some what simple. But if you do not know how to do all the little tricks to make it looks more like it is hand drawn then it is hard. I learned a lot of trick for making mine look more like it is hand drawn.

I still love the pen tool for some thing but now I use do all mine by hand. I can only do it by hand on a tablet pc not with a tablet. I have a hard time drawing if I'm not looking at my hand. With the tablet pc I have it is just like drawing on paper ^^

So really both for me just not the pen tool as much.

I know what you mean about that, and I feel the same way... although inking by hand may be harder to get used to I think its more worth it in the long shot, in my opinion.

Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Thu Sep 30, 2010 5:12 pm

I prefer using the brush tool, but if you use a tablet, try downloading pen-pressure for it, it adds a lot of neat effects to your art, if you watch me on dA, look at how I shaded Ice's hair in the picture "Fire and Ice" or on "Friends since 2005".

Try to mess around with the size of your brushes, and what brushes you use. I prefer the brush tool, because it doesn't make the lines all jaggedy..

Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Sat Oct 02, 2010 6:43 am

Theres another way to do it in illustrator which I find pretty cool. Ill be trying this soon.

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Check it out, pretty good idea O_O

Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:49 pm

i used SAI for my lining. it's much smoother than photoshop, in my opinion. it comes out more smooth and flowy. when i did traditional art, it was really irritating when the ink ran. :c i tried doing traditional lining the other day, and when i messed up, i moved my hand to use the back button. xD

Subject: Re: Lineart. Pen tool or brush? Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:13 am

r u s k a wrote:

i used SAI for my lining. it's much smoother than photoshop, in my opinion. it comes out more smooth and flowy. when i did traditional art, it was really irritating when the ink ran. :c i tried doing traditional lining the other day, and when i messed up, i moved my hand to use the back button. xD

Thats like me! I love doing some traditional now and then but I feel completely retarded doing it xD And i make wierd mistakes like looking for a tool bar near my paper.

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All my work is done on SAI. c:
All my more serious works, anyways.
I don't have a scanner, so. :C
It's very good for line art. A lot of people I know use it for line-art and then use PS for coloring and such.

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